Favorite Scrapbooker/Blogger Tour

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Last week I mentioned that I had been tagged in a "Favorite Scrapbooker/Blogger Tour," well, I realized that I have totally messed up on that blog tour and that my post was really supposed to go live today not...last Monday when I published it. I owe all the other bloggers in this tour an apology. It really wasn't my intent to totally mess this up. 

Anyway....

I was tagged by my dear friend Jen Gallacher on the "Favorite Scrapbooker/Blogger Tour." I adore Jen! She is one of the most amazing people I've ever met! I'm giddy that she would tag me in the tour. The way things are supposed to work is that Jen tags me and then I answer the questions and then tag 3 other scrapbookers/bloggers whom I love. Well, I've contacted several of those ladies and they've all already done the blog tour or their post will be going live in the next few days. (Ugh, I really didn't mean to mess this up twice.) I would love to tag a few of my blog readers. Shoot me an email by clicking on the contact me button (you can find that on the right hand column of the blog) if you'd like to join the fun!

Without further adieu (and any more mess-ups from me) here's my portion of the "Favorite Scrapbooker/Blogger Tour" (updated from last weeks post)

1. What am I working on right now?
Well, this is what my desk looks like right now: I received an order from Paper Issues last week and I've got all the beautiful products spread out on my desk just waiting  for me to make time to work with them.

I also have a fabric project in the works. I'm thrilled to get the chance to play with some fabric from Bella Blvd/Riley Blake. Bella Blvd's Snapshots line (you can find projects I've created with this line HERE and HERE). With LOTS of help from my mom and my sister I'll be able to share a quilt we're making with the new fabrics.

2. How long does it take me to create a project?
It depends on the project but usually about 1 1/2 - 2 hours...but that's rarely an entire block of time. It's usually 15 minutes here...5 minutes there...20 minutes here. (I do have 6 kids around my house, they provide me with unlimited distractions.) 
This is the most recent project I've completed and it took me about an hour and fifteen minutes. (I was using a sketch so it was an easy project to put together.)

 

3. What are my favorite products to create with at the moment?
I'm loving all the Fall lines that are hitting the stores. Bella Blvd & Carta Bella are my current favorites. I'm also itching to create with Shimelle's new line as well as the new Christmas line from Pebbles.

4. How does my writing/creating process work?
I almost always start with product. It's a little backwards but I love pretty paper and embellishments. I start creating with whatever product I'm loving at the moment and go from there. I have a basket of photos and a notebook of journaling sitting on my desk waiting to go on layouts. When I get about halfway through the layout I add my photo and place my journaling.

5. How do I become inspired and stay inspired?
I keep taking photos to stay inspired. I loved photos! I also try to scrapbook photos soon after I take them. I like to scrapbook a photo while the story is in my mind. If I know I'm not going to be able to sit down at my desk for a few days I write the story in a notebook and put it on my desk so I will remember it.

6. What is my signature style?
I usually describe my style as bold, colorful, clean, and classic. I think my signature is using patterned paper. I love patterned paper. Embellishments are fun but I'm always drawn to the patterned papers. I almost always use at least patterned papers on each layout...sometimes more. 

I Messed Up

Each month I have a number of projects that I create for design team requirements. I LOVE what I do and I have so much fun working on the design teams that I do work for. Bella Blvd's products are amongst my favorite to work with. I love their bright, fun, happy designs. Recently I was asked to create a layout using their most recent products for their "what's new Wednesday" feature. I grabbed the Classic Calendars collection and got to work. I had so much fun creating! I finished my assignment, turned it in and then realized it had a mistake on it...not a huge messy mistake but it was a mistake and I had made the mistake using ink and liquid glue. In scrapbookers terms that means, it's not a mistake that you can easily fix. It's pretty much stuck there unless you can cover it up. 
So, here's the finished layout. Can you find my mistake?

 Did you find it? 
Let me give you a couple more clues:

 

 

 See it now? Yes, I put two different months on the same project, June on the left hand side of the project and May on the right hand side of the project. The accurate date is May 23rd. Originally I thought that the photo was taken in June so I put 'June' on the layout with ultra strong quick drying liquid adhesive. After I had finished the project I wanted to add the date with a date stamp so I looked on my phone to see which day I had actually taken the photo and quickly stamped it in the corner of my project. It wasn't until I saw it on the Bella Blvd blog that I realized I had messed up.

There's not much I can do about it now. I tried to cover the date stamp with washi tape, rephotograph it, and have Bella Blvd update their blog but the washi tape didn't completely cover it so I just decided to leave it like it is. Some day maybe my kids will laugh about it make comments about how crazy their mom is.

Have you made any mistakes on your projects and decided that it just wasn't worth the effort to fix it?